Waist and skirt supporter.



No. esame. Patented Aug. 6, i901.

E. m. ADAMS.

WAIST AND SKIRT SUPPOBTER.

(Applicatioh mea may 11` 1901.)

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""iLlZAiEllHiM. ADAMS, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

W'MST AND SKIRT SUPPORTER.

SPECEFXCATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,106, dated August 6, 1901.

Application iiled lt'lay l1, 1901.

To all whom, may concern:

Be it known that l, ELIZABETH M. ADAMS, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented a new and xusefnl Vaist and Skirt Supporter, of which the following is a specification. Y

This invention relates to skirt-supporters, and more particularly a skirt-supporter adapted to be used either in connection with an erdinary waist and skirt or with a basque and skirt. l

The object is to presenta neat and efficient form of skirt-supporter which shall be exceedingly simple in construction, of high elliciency in use, easy of attachment to and detachment from garments, that will not in use be liable to become detached, and that may be manufactured and sold at small cost.

The salient features of my invention are, first, simplicity of construction, being made of sheet metal stamped to an appropriate shape and provided with an eliicient means to attach it to a garment, and further, while the parts composing the supporter are readily and easily brought into locking engagement with each other accidental separation or detachment of the parts in use will be practically obviated.

Another salient feature is that by the material employed in the construction of the parts of the supporter damage to a garment, as from rust, will be prevented, the material employed to combine lightness, non-corrosive qualities, and requisite strength.

Generally stated, myinvoution resides in a Waist and skirt supporter' comprising two members, a hook and au eye, each the counterpart of the other with regard to general aspect of shape. 'lhe members are constructed of sheet metal, prel'erably oi' aluminium on account of its well-known non-corrosive qualities, its extreme lightness, and its great Strength, and are stamped up by suitable dios to `the required shape. lu the ease of the hook member the hook portion is stamped to form a shoulder against which a side of the eye member will bear when the parts are assembled, the hook to overlap the eye member and to hold such relation thereto as while not presenting au obstruction to the assemblage of the two members it will prevent ac- Serial No, 59,844. (No model.)

cidental separation of the two when in use. Each member is provided with an offset, forming a shield for the pointed end of a pin, the pin to be substituted as a means for holding the members in position on' the garment for the ordinary thread or sewed connection, this latter being objectionable on account of the danger of the threads becoming cut and of the supporter.separating from the garment when most needed, and also for the further reason that without the expenditure of considerable time and labor the supporter cannot be changed from onegarment to another.v The pin is bent upon itself one or more times to form a coil, presentingr what is known as a safety-pim7 and has one of its members secured to the plate of the hook member and of the eye member in any suitable manner, preferably by forming each of the plates with a tubular rib oroset in which the arm of thepin may be secured in any suitable manner, as by clamping or soldering, or both, the pin by preference to be made of metal that will have suticient rigidity to bear the strain of the weight of the garment. By preference the pin may be made of steel heavily Anickeled or silver-plated t0 prevent rusting.

NVhile the supporter, as will hereinafter appear, is of an exceedingly simple construction, itwill be found to fulfil a long-felt want by reason ol' its adaptability to position, its high eliiciency in use, and certainty and positiveness with which the parts are held in locked engagement under use. i

Further and more speciiic details of construction will be hereinafter more specific` ally pointed out.

ln the accompanying drawings, forming aA part of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts, I have illustrated a form of embodiment of my invention capable of carrying my lideas into ell'ect, it being understood that 95l IOO Mss

a view in elevation `vof the hook member. `Fig. 3 is a View` in vertical section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2 and looking in the direction, ofthe-arrow. Fig. 4 is a View in elevation ofthe eye member. Fig. 5 is a view inwertical section taken on the line 5 5v of lflill 4 and looking in the direction of the arrow'.I Figisaverticalsectionalviewthrongh .the two members, showing the cooperative relation betwen the parts when in locked en gagementf Referringyt the drawings, l designates the hook member of the su pporter, and 2 the eye member. The hookinember is stamped up lfrom a sheet of metal and is provided on one side with alhook 3 and with an offset or shoulderv 4, the same being, preferably,straight,or, if preferred, itmay be slightly incut, so that when theeye is in engagement with the hook, asv indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, the side of the eye will bear against this shoulder and 4will be prevented in an appreciable manner from'r riding` toward the hook, and thus become liabletodisen'gagement therefrom. To effect a positive coaction between the eye and the shoulder 4, the hook 3 extends some distancebeyond the shoulder and is curved down close to the shoulder, as shown in Fig. 3, so that should the side of the eye ride loose from the shoulder 4 it will by contact with the hook immediately be forced back to its normal position. The plate or side opposite thehook is cut away, leaving at one end an extension 5, which is curved upon itself to form a shield 6 for housingthe pointed member of the pin 7, the other member 8 of the pin being housed in a tubular rib i), formed by bending -a portion of the metal at the cut-away side ofA the hook member to inclose the member 8- loffthe pin. The portion of the pin within the tubular rib may be serrated'or roughened,

and under the pressure ot the rolls or other means for turning in the rib these sei-rations may be causedtovbite into the inner face of the-rib, or the frictional contact between the tubular rib and the member of the pin may be depended onto effect a stable union betweenthese parts or solder may be employed for the purpose.A The eye member 2 has the pin secured thereto in the same manner as .that just described and is provided with a similar shield 10 for housing the pointed vmember of the pin, theionly difference between thetwo parts being that in the eye member the hook 3 is omitted and the body of the eye member is provided with a slot ll to be engaged by the hook 3, the outer side 12 of Athis member being that which bears against the shoulder 4 of the hook member.

Infthe'use of this supporter where used in connection with an'jordinary shirt-Waist and a'skirty the Ieye member `willbe pinned to the outside of the waist,'as shown in Fig. l, and the hook member 'to the inside of the skirtiiband Where this supporter is to be used in "connection witha basque worn outside of the skirt, the hook ispinned to the inside of the disconnected.

sconce vbasque and the eye is pinned to the outside of the skirt-band. At all events the hook member is always to be secured to the skirtband, so that downward strain applied to the hook from the weight of the skirt or upward strain applied thereto through the eye, caused by Vany tendency of the waist to rise, will always result in effecting a stable juncture between the hook and the eye.

It is to be understood that the members may be made in different sizes to suit the requirements of different cases, and that while I have shown the hook member and the eye member, the one with one hook and the other with one eye, it is to be understood that the hook member may have one or more hooks and the eye member one or more eyes without departing froml the spirit or scope of my in vention.

It will be readily appreciated that when the skirt-supporter is `in position it will be concealed from view, so that where used,` particularly on ladies garments, the-presenta tion of an unsightly device at the waist will be electually obviated.

In applying my improved waist and skirt supporter the eye member is secured to the waist in the'center of the back above the waist-line, and the hook member is secured inside of the skirt-band at the lower edge ot' the belt, with the hook turned from the belt, the goods of these two parte of the apparel being crowded in the space formed between the pin and the' rib 9, thereby to cause the pin tightly to hug its shield, and thus effect secure locking. The supporter when in this position is invisible, holds the parts lfirmlyassembled, and will not accidentally become Further, by reason of its con-- struction the device will not tear,- rust,l or soil the most delicate fabric, as the materials used in the manufacture are practically non-'corrosive.

Another important feature of this inven-l tion is that it may be employed in lieu of buttons forchildrens garments and will be foundr IOO eye member on the outside of the skirt-band.

lt will bc readily apparent that when the two members ol' the hook are in engagement with the waist and skirt they will be held in proper position under allconditions of use.,

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is- 1. A skirt -supporter'comprising `a hookI member carrying a pin, and formed with a` member carrying a pin, and formed with a shoulder extending parallel with the pin and with a hook forming a continuation of the shoulder and bent or flexed inward and overlapping the same, an eye member carrying a pin and provided with a slot to engage the hook, the side of the eye member, in use, to

bear firmly against the shoulder, and to be held in engagement therewith-by the hook and to fill the space between the shoulder and the bend of the hook, the coaction between the side of the eye and the shoulder being such that lateral play will be obviated, thereby to insure positive engagement between the members when locked together, one side of each of the members being out away to leavea projection at one end, the said projection being bent to form a shield and havin g arranged y parallel to its lengt-h, at the cut-away portion, a tubular rib, and a pin having one of its arms suitably secured in the rib,V and the pointed free end of the other arm to engage with the shield;

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed 4my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ELIZABETH M. ADAMS.

fVitnessesz` Y J. E. ADAMS, H. C. BLISS. 

